19 - New Physics Lab Recalls Rochestown College History

19

New Physics Lab Recalls Rochestown College History

1 p.; clipping

Newspaper clipping detailing the official opening of a new physics laboratory at Rochestown College in County Cork by Peter Barry, T.D., Minister for the Environment. The text outlines the school’s contemporary growth to 320 students and a significant demographic shift, with day-pupils outnumbering boarders 15 to 1. It provides a historical retrospective of the Capuchin Order’s local educational presence since 1872, tracking the institution’s evolution from its origins as a Seraphic College with five initial pupils to a modern, three-laboratory facility. An accompanying photograph depicts attending dignitaries, including the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Paud Black, Gene Fitzgerald T.D., Hugh Coveney T.D., Principal Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap., and Development Committee member Philip O’Leary. The clipping is taken from the ‘Evening Echo’ (27 January 1982).

ISAD(G) 2nd edition